Barrett Martin

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Barrett Martin

The Singing Earth

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receive a signed 1st edition copy of the book from Barrett, plus all 5 of
the Barrett Martin Group CDs mailed directly to your home. Your book and
CDs will arrive in mid-August, before the official release date of August
25th, 2017. $40.00

The Singing Earth Book & SoundtrackRelease date August 25th 2017

Barrett Martin Group

Artifact

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Float Like A Butterfly

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Atlas

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Overture I: Barbary Coast

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Zenga

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Mother Of Oceans

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Earthspeaker

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Agbadza

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The Painted Desert

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Muhammad Ali

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Biography

Barrett Martin is a drummer, composer, producer, and award-winning writer best known for his work with several prominent Seattle bands including, The Barrett Martin Group, Walking Papers, Mad Season, Screaming Trees, Tuatara, Skin Yard, and the Levee Walkers. He has played on over 100 albums and film soundtracks to date, and when he is not on tour, he produces albums that range from indigenous music, to jazz, blues, and rock & roll. Martin holds a masters degree in ethnology and linguistics and is a professor of music at Antioch University Seattle. He writes a music and culture blog for the Huffington Post, and in 2014 he was awarded the ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thompson Award for excellence in writing. His first book is titled, The Singing Earth, and his band, the Barrett Martin Group, has made 5 studio albums to date.

The Singing Earth is a collection of musical adventure stories from musician and writer Barrett Martin. The book chronicles Martin’s musical work on 6 continents starting with his involvement in the 1990’s Seattle music scene, and then explores song lines and sea trails in Australia and New Zealand; trance drumming in Central America; Griot music in West Africa; musical diplomacy in Cuba; touring with a Brazilian rock band; recording shamanic music in the Peruvian Amazon; playing the blues in the Mississippi Delta; recording in the Palestinian West Bank; the power of resistance in American music; and the influence of Asia in music and culture. There is also a companion CD soundtrack that comes with the book, which contains rare, unreleased songs from Martin’s various bands, as well as field recordings from the incredible musical environments he has visited. Those who read and listen to the musical journey that Martin describes will find themselves transported through exotic global landscapes where they learn about the connections between ecology, community, and the music that connects us to our greater humanity.